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Systems and methods are provided for the mixing of materials to form a homogenous mixture and for delivering the mixture to a target site. In one embodiment a vial containing a liquid monomer is detachably engaged with a mixing chamber. The liquid monomer flows into the mixing chamber and combines with a powder to form a flowable composition such as bone cement. The bone cement may then be injected from the device to a target location.

Feedback systems and methods enhance obstructive and other obesity treatments by presenting feedback regarding patients' actual eating and / or exercise habits. An ingestion restricting implant body can be deployed along the gastrointestinal tract. In some embodiments, ingestion alters the implant body, which, in turn, generates signals. The generated signals can be used to inhibit unhealthy ingestion by the patient. In other embodiments, the implant body can be altered by signals so as to selectable change the restriction imposed on the gastrointestinal tract, optionally in response to ingestion events, an eating schedule, or the like. The implant body may comprise a gastric band or an intragastric balloon. Sensor signals may be processed to identify ingestion and / or characterize ingestion of a solid or a liquid, and the results may be displayed on a screen for a patient or coach to view.

A wind powered variable area exit aperture electric generating system having configurable, adjustable duct side walls by which means the ratio between the intake cross-sectional aperture area and the exhaust cross-sectional aperture area may be varied for maximum air molecule flow through the duct, leading to ideal maximum electrical output for any given air mass input. The planar characteristic and angular dispersion of the mutually leading edge coupled extended flaps, and the regular square interior housing result in complementary internal vortices developed at the trailing edge of the planar architectural surfaces.

A pharmaceutical composition with improved safety includes a selected amount of a vomit-inducing agent, wherein the selected amount is less than an amount needed to induce vomit in a user; and a therapeutic agent. The therapeutic agent may be selected from a sleeping pill, an anxiolytic, a hypnotic, a contraceptive agent. The therapeutic agent may also be selected from diazepam, flunitrazepam, alprazolam, triazolam, fludiazepam, midazolam, estazolam, zopiclone, and a combination thereof. The vomit-inducing agent may be selected from emetine, cephaeline, and a combination thereof.

The invention discloses a weight-loss health-care food which is prepared from the main raw materials of, by weight, 1-60% of a white kidney bean extract, 1-50% of L-malic acid, 1-65% of L-carnitine tartrate, and 1-40% of konjac powder. The invention also discloses a preparation method of the weight-loss health-care food. The method comprises the step that: the main materials of the white kidney bean extract, L-malic acid, L-carnitine tartrate, and konjac powder are well mixed, such that the health-care food with weight-loss function is obtained. With the health-care food, starchy substance absorption is inhibited, body metabolism is promoted, and energy conversion is promoted, such that fat consumption is increased, fat formation is prevented, and a weight-loss function is achieved. With the preparation method, absorption of nutrients such as proteins and vitamins is not influenced, diet control is not needed, and weight can be naturally controlled and reduced. The preparation method provided by the invention has the advantages of simple process, no high-temperature operation, convenient operation, and energy saving.

A gas turbine engine comprises a pre-swirl structure coupled to a shaft cover structure and located radially between a supply of cooling fluid and a flow path. The pre-swirl structure defines a flow passage and includes a plurality of swirl members in the flow passage. A flow direction of cooling fluid passing through the flow passage is altered by the swirl members such that the cooling fluid has a velocity component in a direction tangential to the circumferential direction. The bypass passages provide cooling fluid into a turbine rim cavity associated with a first row vane assembly to prevent hot gas ingestion into the turbine rim cavity from a hot gas flow path associated with a turbine section of the engine.

The invention relates to a meat sheep feed capable of promoting digestion and strengthening immunity. The feed is composed of main materials and a traditional Chinese medicine addictive, wherein the main materials comprises following components in parts by weight: 40 to 45 parts of corn, 5 to 10 parts of sorghum, 10 to 15 parts of wheat bran, 4 to 5 parts of bean powder, 15 to 20 parts of bean cake, 2 to 4 parts of fish meal, 3 to 5 parts of bone meal, 0.2 to 0.3 part of salt, and 1.2 to 1.8 parts of stone flour, and the feed also comprises 4 to 6 parts of traditional Chinese medicine addictive. In order to achieve the goals of healthy and good growth of livestock and prevention of diseases in the growing period of meat sheep, the raw material component ratio of the meat sheep feed is rationalized, a plurality of traditional Chinese medicine components are taken as the addictive, and thus the occurrence and transmission of diseases, which are most infectious for meat sheep, are effectively inhibited. At the same time, the meat sheep feed has the functions of helping digestion, removing food retention, reinforcing qi, nourishing blood, expelling parasites, and inhibiting bacteria and preventing diseases for enhancing organism immunity, avoids the absorption of artificial hormone and antibiotic, and has the advantages of small toxicity and little side effects.

A wet road surface detection system is provided for a vehicle driving on a road. The wet road surface detection system includes a sound sensing device coupled to the vehicle for capturing noise of the vehicle tires as the vehicle drives on a road surface. A processor processes sounds captured by the audible sensing device. The processor quantifies a variable sound level of the captured noise between a first frequency and a second frequency. The processor determines whether each quantified sound level between the first frequency and the second frequency is above a predetermined sound level threshold below the sound level at the first frequency. The processor determines that the vehicle is driving on a wet road surface in response to each quantified sound level between the first frequency and the second frequency being above a predetermined sound level threshold below the sound level at the first frequency.

The invention relates to a preservation solution for organs, tissues or cells of human bodies or animals. The organ preservation solution comprises sodium citrate, potassium citrate, magnesium sulfate, sodium dihydrogen phosphate, sodium hydroxide, adenosine, arginine, tryptophan, mannitol, tetramethylpyrazine hydrochloride and other components. The organ preservation solution can be used for cooling, lavaging and preserving the organs of the human bodies or the animals, can effectively preserve human in vitro kidneys for 48 hours and animal in vitro kidneys for 72 hours, can prevent ischemia-reperfusion injury, and has great value for clinical application.

The invention covers a novel treatment strategy that considerably improves conventional probiotic treatments of inflammatory bowel diseases, irritable bowel syndrome and other gastrointestinal disorders. Both probiotic microorganisms and the carrier of the probiotic microorganisms in form of a fermented cereal gruel are used as treatment effectors. Phospholipids may also be an effecter. The novel treatment strategy is capable of removing the symptoms of inflammatory bowel diseases regardless of a mild, moderate or severe stage of the disease.

An air data probe includes a probe head defining a longitudinal axis between a forward tip and aft base. The probe includes a thermocouple having a sense end in the forward tip to measure the temperature in the forward tip. The probe includes a port opening defined in a side of the probe head and opening at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis. The probe includes a bulkhead within the probe head. The bulkhead has a chamber in fluid communication with the port opening. The chamber includes a single chamber inlet having an elongated cross-sectional shape. The single elongated chamber inlet is in fluid communication with two downstream pressure conduits to provide redundancy in case one of the two pressure conduits is blocked.

An apparatus and method for collecting a biological fluid specimen. The apparatus includes a holder article for a specimen container, wherein the holder article contains a ring which is removably engagable with a specimen container, a connector continuous with the ring, and a grasping portion continuous with the connector, the grasping portion having opposed lateral side portions which are continuous and contiguous along their entire length with one another. The grasping portion is movable along a longitudinal axis such that the lateral side portions are approachable one to another, with each side portion on an opposed side of a plane coaxial with the longitudinal axis. The connector includes a specimen collection area.

A hydraulic system with an adjustable hydrostatic machine is provided that includes an adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism interacts with an actuating device which has at least one actuating piston delimiting an actuating pressure space. The system has a regulating valve with which, for the displacement of the actuating piston and therefore for the actuation of the adjustment device, the supply and removal of pressure medium into and from the actuating pressure chamber can be controlled, wherein the regulating valve has a valve piston which is subjected to a force of a feedback spring, which force is dependent on the position of the adjustment mechanism. The valve piston is additionally subjected to a counterforce acting counter to the force of the feedback spring, and an actuating component is provided, with which the valve piston can be subjected to a control force acting in the same direction as the counterforce or to a control force acting counter to the counterforce.

The present invention relates to methods and devices for air ingestion prevention. The invention provides a stopper or plug with one or more conduits and a recess that prevents air ingestion during outlet of a liquid from a liquid container covered with the stopper.

A voice coil motor type focusing actuator, which includes a fixed unit, the fixed unit comprises a receiving chamber, a slide fitting channel, a first coil, and a magnet. A movable unit, the movable unit is received inside the receiving chamber of the fixed unit, having a first magnetic conducting flange being affected by the first coil and magnet of the fixed unit, a lens receiving means, a slide fitting rail, the movable unit is movable relative to the fixed unit to define an axial line.

A jet engine bird and debris shield device is disclosed that is designed as a deflector to deflect large birds, such as geese weighing in excess of eight pounds, and keep from entering the turbine blades of a jet engine. The shield device is aerodynamically shaped in the form of a frustro-conical cylinder aligned to the direction of flight and attaches to the air intake portion of the jet engine. The shield is formed with a series of openings or slots that allow sufficient air to be entrained into the jet engine intake. The orientation and shape of the slots direct the air directly to the turbine blades of the engine.

The invention relates to broiler feed with effects of promoting digestion and enhancing immunity. The broiler feed contains main ingredients of the feed and a traditional Chinese medicine additive, wherein the main ingredients of the feed comprise the following raw material components in parts by weight: 40-45 parts of corn, 5-10 parts of sorghum, 10-15 parts of wheat bran, 4-5 parts of bean flour, 15-20 parts of bean cake, 2-4 parts of fish meal, 3-5 parts of bone meal, 0.2-0.3 part of salt and 1.2-1.8 parts of mountain flour; the part by weight of the traditional Chinese medicine additive is 4-6. According to the broiler feed provided in the invention, on the basis that good growth of livestock is guaranteed, aiming at the characteristic that the broiler easily suffers from epidemic infectious diseases, the proportion of all feed raw material components is reasonable, multiple traditional Chinese medicine components are added to serve as additives, and occurrence and transmission of the infectious diseases which easily occur in the broiler can be effectively inhibited. Meanwhile, the feed has the effects of helping digestion and removing deposition, reinforcing qi and nourishing blood, expelling parasites, inhibiting bacteria, resisting diseases and enhancing the body disease resistance, intake of synthetic auxins and antibiotics is avoided, and the feed is low in toxicity and small in side effects.

The invention relates to natural floride-free edible transparent health-care toothpaste for children, and belongs to the technical field of daily necessities. The natural floride-free edible transparent health-care toothpaste for the children is prepared from an adhesive, a foaming agent, a humectant, a sweetener, an abradant, perfume, deionized water, a preservative, pearl powder, milk calcium, vitamin E acetate, calcium gluconate and zinc gluconate and by a conventional method. Through the common action of the vitamin E acetate, xylitol, the pearl powder, the milk calcium, the zinc gluconate and the calcium gluconate, the natural floride-free edible transparent health-care toothpaste can remove peculiar smell, bacteria and the like in oral cavities effectively, improve the antiviral capability of teeth, has the obvious prevention and treatment effects on periodontitis and gingivitis and anticariesaction, ensures abundant calcium absorption, and realizes the nutrient and health-care effect on the teeth of 6 to 12-year-old children in dental transitional periods.

The invention features a system for treating liquid including a liquid treatment device comprising adsorbent media for removing a substance from liquid and a pH adjuster device located upstream of the liquid treatment device relative to a direction of flow of the liquid. The pH adjuster device contains particulate or solid state pH adjuster material capable of releasing H or OH groups into the liquid or consuming H or OH groups from the liquid effective to raise or lower the pH of the liquid while it passes through the media. The pH adjuster may include acidifier or basifier material. Also featured is a method of using the device to remove a substance from liquid by adsorption and / or ion exchange.

The invention provides a health drink that contains compound combined dietary fiber and is made from wheat bran and konjaku flour. The drink in the form of a solid is packed according to the following weight ratio: wheat bran accounts for 10-95% and is mixed with konjaku flour in balancing amount. The invention has the following advanced technological effects: the main constituent of konjak, glucomannan, can produce gel by absorbing water and swelling instantly when the glucomannan dissolves in water, thereby dispersing the wheat bran uniformly into a paste which is smooth and delicate, and being recommended to be consumed in combination with natural flavorings such as cocoa, coffee and the like. Compared with the prior drinks such as slimming tea, the invention solves the long-standing problem that wheat bran is too insoluble to be directly processed for drinks. More importantly, the invention has the following characteristics: as wheat bran fiber and konjaku flour fiber are capable of swelling rightly after absorbing water, only a small quantity of the health drink is enough to make people feel full, thereby preventing people from eating too much; and as wheat bran fiber and konjaku flour fiber are highly impermeable, the small intestine secrets more enzymes, so that waste deposit settled on the intestinal wall can be removed out of the human body as soon as possible. The invention has the advantages that the health drink is easy to carry and consumer-friendly. Moreover, the health drink can be considered as an alternative to drinks such as milk, soy-bean milk, coffee and the like during the breakfast time, but also is a good option prior to dinner, thereby achieving the purpose of losing weight without causing any side effects (such as exhaustion, fatigue and the like because of starvation diet, diarrhea and excessive physical activities).

The invention relates to the technical field of probiotics, particularly to sugar-free probiotics powder and a preparation method thereof. The sugar-free probiotics powder comprises water-soluble dietary fibers, fructo-oligosaccharides, xylooligosaccharides, stachyose, Lactobacillus acidophilus powder, Lactobacillus plantarum powder, Lactobacillus rhamnosus powder, Lactobacillus casei powder, Bifidobacterium bifidum powder, Bifidobacterium breve powder and Bifidobacterium lactis powder. Compared with the prior art, the sugar-free probiotics powder and the preparation method thereof have the advantages that a formula and the preparation method of the probiotics powder are designed, the probiotics powder has the sugar-free characteristic, a user is prevented from ingesting excessive sugar while supplemented with a large quantity of probiotics prebiotics, on one hand, the obesity probability is reduced, and on the other hand, special groups suffering from diabetes and the like can also take the powder. The powder has the characteristics of good solubility, good taste, natural raw material, scientific formula and balanced nutrition.

An engine inlet assembly includes an inlet duct having a first inlet duct leg and a second inlet duct leg, the first inlet duct leg and the second inlet duct leg extending toward a common inlet duct outlet located at an engine inlet. The first inlet duct leg and the second inlet duct leg are fixedly secured to an airframe of an aircraft at an air inlet. The duct outlet has a floating interface with the engine inlet.

The invention relates to a laying hen feed for enhancing immunity, and the laying hen feed is composed of a main feed material and traditional Chinese medicine additives, wherein the main feed material is composed of the following raw material components in parts by weight: 40-45 parts of corn, 5-10 parts of sorghum, 10-15 parts of wheat bran, 4-5 parts of bean flour, 15-20 parts of bean cakes, 2-4 parts of fish meal, 3-5 parts of bone meal, 0.2-0.3 part of table salt and 1.2-1.8 parts of limestone powder; on the basis of ensuring the good growth of livestock, aiming at the feature that laying hens are prone to epidemics in the growing period, the proportion of the raw material components of the laying hen feed provided by the invention is rationalized, a variety of traditional Chinese medicine components are added to serve as additives to effectively inhibit the occurrence and the spread of the most susceptible epidemics of the laying hens. Meanwhile, the feed has the advantages of promoting digestion, relieving stasis, enhancing qi, nourishing blood, expelling parasites, inhibiting bacteria, resisting diseases, enhancing body resistance to diseases, meanwhile greatly increasing the incubation, enhancing the immunity of chicks and avoiding the intake of artificial hormones and antibiotics, and is low in toxicity and few in side effects.

The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition based on an active ingredient that is enclosed in liposomes for topical, transdermal application. The interior of said liposomes comprises an acidic, aqueous medium containing at least one cholinesterase inhibitor, preferably from the group containing donepezil, rivastigmine, galantamine, physostigmine, heptylphysostigmine, phenserine, tolserine, cymserine, thiatolserine, thiacymserine, neostigmine, huperzine, tacrine, metrifonate and dichlorvos, or an enantiomer or derivative of at least one of said compounds. In addition, the invention relates to a method for producing said composition, optionally in a sterile form and also to the use of the liposomes charged with the active ingredient in various galenic formulations for topical, transdermal application with a depot effect in the epidermis, for the prophylaxis and / or treatment of cutaneous neuropathic pain or the loss of cutaneous sensory function as a result of neuropathy.

The invention provides a rubber composite for wear-resistant tire treads. The rubber composite is prepared from, by weight, 4-30 parts of natural rubber, 4-40 parts of butadiene rubber, 4-40 parts of styrene butadiene rubber, 35-75 parts of high-dispersion white carbon black, 3-10 parts of white mineral oil, 1.0-2.5 parts of indirect zinc oxide, 1.0-2.0 parts of stearic acid, 1.0-2.0 parts of rubber protecting wax, 1.0-2.8 parts of silane coupling agent, 1.0-2.0 parts of anti-aging agent, 1.0-2.0 parts of tackifying resin, 1.0-2.0 parts of dispersing agent, 1.0-2.8 parts of common sulphur, 0.5-2.0 parts of accelerant CZ, 1.0-2.0 parts of accelerant DPG and 0.1-1.0 part of accelerant DM, by proportioning according to the formula prior to mixing via an internal mixer. The rubber composite is mixed via the internal mixer by means of blending the natural rubber and the synthetic rubber as main materials which are matched with the high-dispersion white carbon black as a reinforcing agent and through unique anti-aging system design, and accordingly tire treads produced by the rubber composite are excellent in wear-resisting property, good in tear resistance and high in tensile strength, and service lives of tires for taxies, family cars and the like can be prolonged.

A wave motion generator having a bore hole at a coastline of an ocean. The bore hole lower end communicates with the ocean underwater while the upper end is above water level, allowing wave motion within the bore hole. A float disposed within the bore hole may travel along the borehole between at least two positions. A linkage attached to the float converts the motion of the float to rotary motion of a generator shaft so as to induce electric current in the generator. The linkage may be pneumatic, in which the float motion induces pressurized air to drive a turbine, or it may be a chain drive, a shaft drive, etc.